Liquid-soap dispenser.



1. T. NORMAN. LIQUID SOAPDISPENSER.

APPLICATION. FILED OCT. 2. 1916.

1263,2750 Patented-A115. 16, 1918.

INVEN'IQOR Jbaepk 11/519??? 3&- m" W. ATTORNEYJ JOSEPH T. NORMAN, OF NANTICOKE, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIQUID-SOAP DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

Application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No. 123,348.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. NORMAN, residing at Nanticoke, in the county of Lu- Zerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Soap Dispensers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to liquid dispensers and more partitailarly to that type of dispensers designed for use in connection with wash stands for delivering pre determined limited quantities of liquid soap and my said invention primarily has for its object to provide a device of the character stated of a neat and ornamental appearance, that may be cheaply made and easily operated for delivering the liquid soap into the hands of the user.

Another object of my invention is to pro ride, in a device of the character stated, a means for delivering the measured quantity, that resumes its normal position in the liquid within the holder and thereby obviates any effort on the part of the user to return the liquid lifting and discharging cup or receptacle back into a working position after using the dispenser.

lVith further objects in view that will hereinafter appear, the novel features of my invention will be readily apparent from the following description, the appended claims, and the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view that illustrates my invention as applied for use.

Fig. :2 is a perspective view thereof and the same illustrates the manner in which the delivery tube is manipulated for delivering a liquid soap charge into the hand.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the device, the parts being at their normal position, and

Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal section taken practically on the line 4Ll: on Fig. 3.

In carrying out my invention, I prefer to make the container 1 of glass and of any suitable or ornamental shape and preferably with a base portion 2, whereby it may be readily secured to a wall or some other support, as shown.

Container 1 has a filling opening in the top provided with a tubular extension 30 that is formed with a coarse external thread for receiving the glass screw cap 4.

At the forward end, the container is provided with an axially extended tubular bearing 5 in which is rotatably mounted a tubular member 6, the outer end of which is bent at right angles and forms a discharging nozzle 60.

The inner end of the tube 6 is threaded into a coupling 7 with which also joins another tube 8 projected at right angles with respect to the tube 6, and in a direction diametrically opposite to the discharge memengaging the tubular bearing 5 and 61 de- 7 notes a collar on the tube 6 which is held up against the bearing5 (see Fig. 3) when the cap 10 is applied and which serves to position the dipping cup midway the ends of the container, as shown.

To simplify the manufacture and cheapen the cost of producing my improved liquid soap dispenser and also for effecting a more perfect fitting of the parts, I prefer to form the bearing 5 and the screw cap of metal and also provide the bearing 5 with an annular flange 50, as shown.

By reason of making the bearing 5 of metal, as shown, the several operating parts 56 and the cup 9 and the cap 10 can be relatively adjusted to a working position and the glass body, constituting the container, readily molded onto the flange 50 to incase the dipping end of the tube 6 and the on 9.

l vhile I prefer to form the container of a glass body, it is obvious that it may be made of metal and so formed that the parts 56-9 and 10 may be readily assembled to their working position.

By reason of arranging the parts that constitute my dispensing device, in the manner shown and described, and particularly the manner in which the dipping cup and the rotary discharging tube 6 are arranged together with the mounting for the said rotary tube 6, it is apparent that since the discharging nozzle of the tube is normally in upright position, when a person using the.

Wash stand desires a quantity of liquid soap, he simply engages the nozzle With the hand into which the soap is to be injected and sorings the nozzle down to a position su tantially as shown in Fig. 2 and when thus positioned, the dipping cup will be at its elevated position and since the discharge nozzle is now projected in the direction be low the container, the measured quantity lifted by the cup Will quickly be discharged into the users hand, and as soon as the said user releases the nozzle 60, the said tube (5 with the cup 9 Will automatically rotate to bring the cup back and down into the liquid immersed or normal position.

it is obvious that with my construction of liquid dispenser, the user can take one or more discharges of the soap liquid and practically Without Waste oi the liquid, since only the amount lifted by the cup will flow out, and even should the cup be not lifted to the complete or highest point so long as it' rises above the horizontal plane of the rotary tube 6, the liquid will flow out, thereby making a complete or accurate half rotation of the tube 6 and the nozzle 60 unnecessary to obtain the desired liquid soap charge.

V hat I claim is:

l. The combination of a liquid container, a tube that extends lengthwise of the corn tainer and is rotatably mounted in one end thereof, the inner and outer ends of the tube havin oppositely projected right angled extensions, the outer one of said extensions forming a discharging nozzle, a dipping cup mounted on the end of the inner angled extension and means tending to normally swing the dipping cup down into the liquid and correspondingly swing the outer or nozzle end of the tube to the upright position.

2. in liquid dispenser of the class de scribed; a threaded tubular bearing, a tube rotatably mounted in the said bearing, a gland for fitting onto the threaded tubular not fies of this patent may be obtained for bearing, said rotatable tube including right angled extensions, one at each end, the outer one of said extensions forming a discharging nozzle, a dipping cup on the end of the inner one of the said extensions and a closed container attached liquid tight to the tubular bearing and incasing the inner end of the tube and the dipping cup, said container having a filling opening.

3. A liquid dispenser comprising a container, a tube rotatably mounted in and projected through one end of the container, the said tube including an outer right angled extension that forms a discharging nozzle, a dipping cup having a tubular extension joined with the inner end of the rotary tube and projected at right angles therefrom and in a direction opposite the direction of projection of the discharging nozzle, said cup and its tube connection forming a counterpoise for normally rotating the tube to hold the cup down and immersed in the liquid Within the container and the discharging end in a correspondingly upright position.

a. A liquid dispenser comprising an elongated container, means for mounting said dispenser on a support with its longitudinal axis horizontal, a threaded tubular bearing in one end of said container, the axis of the bearing lying in the direction of the axis of the container, a pipe projecting through said bearing into said container and having a collar to abut said bearing, a flanged cap on said pipe threaded into engagement with said bearing and having a recess to contain said collar, said pipe having a right angled extension at its outer end and a right angled extension at its inner end, the extensions being opposite in direction, and a Weighted measuring cup on the inner extension, said measuring cup adapted to lie in close proximity to the bottom of the container under the influence of gravity, substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

JOSEPH T. NORMAN.

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